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KARAM'S 

Selfthought Shorthand 



4 EASY LESSONS 



Practical Abbreviations 



COPYRIGHT 

By 
A. KARAM 



Printed by 

Joslyn Engraving Company 

Oklahoma Ctty 






General Directions. 

Use the muscular movement if you can. 
Have your pencil well sharpened," make your 
letters small as possible, this is conducive 
to high speed. 

Spell altogether by sound. Do not write 
silent letters. Pronounce the word, and then 
write the sound actually heard. 

Practice to write small, its the only prac- 
tice you need to keep up for a while until 
it becomes natural for you. 

Te become a proficient stenographer it is 
necessary to possess a complete mastery of 
the principles of the system. The student 
is, therefore, urged to become thoroughly fa- 
miliar with each lesson before proceeding to 
the following one. 

Accuracy and neatness of writing should 
be the sole aim of the student until he reaches 
the point. 



5 1919 
©CIA558183 



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PREFACE 

The system presented herein designed for 
following purposes : 

1. To increase writing speed. 

2. To supply a method of shorthand 
which employs longhand characters, but, by 
using contracted combinations the out line 
works more efficiently. 



Karam's Shorthand 



LESSON 1. 



THE LONGHAND CHARACTERS. 

Consonants ; / c <£/& Ai & /m tv/i aw* tv t&<vu'% 

Vowels : a e i c it y 

(Written in small characters always.) 

If the single vowel comes first or second, 
or before the last character in the word, it is 
omitted. 

Viz : Hardware. Written : Adt* 

The sound of CE or CI represented withj. 

Viz : Race, City. 

Written : ^ ±ty 

When C is pronounced with the sound of K, 
it is written with it. 

Viz : Cat. 

Written : & 

The combination of K and S, represented 
with x 

Viz. Books. 

Written : /^ 

The sound of GE (Gey), represented with j 

Viz : Germ. 

Written : ^ t 

All unsounded characters not written. 

Viz : Knife, Bought, Made. 

Written: ^ 6a W 



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The sound of GAY, represented with a 

Viz : Give. 

Written : ^ n 

The sound of TH, represented with~ 

Viz : This. 

Written : **. 

When AU, OU, AW, OW, 00 is pronounced 
with the sound of its written with it. 

Viz : Cause, Thought, Saw, Down 

Written: ^ &t i* den 

Wood. 

The sound of EA, EE, EI, is represented 
with e 

Viz : Dream, Keep, Either. 

Written; c^rent Kefi ew* 

The sound of EY, AY, represented with a 
Viz : Day, They. 

Written: ^ ya, 
The sound of UY, represented with « 
Viz : Buy. 

Written : ii 

All double characters written in one. 

Viz: Call. 

Written : ^ 

Exercise. 

Mace, Gin, Gain, Same, Could, Garage, 

know, mother, original, high, game, guess, 

Rather, Case, Caught, Dread, May, Pay, Ruck, 
Rule, Ruin, Wool, Coal, Tea, Eider, Bell, Hall, 



KARAM'S SHORTHAND 



Mail, Sail, Sleep, Dance, Boil, Please, Father, 
Brown, Cleem, Goods, Save, Agree, Crow. 

aek w^w Al Aot effect rna, /va wk vi wwvv wc/ koC 6e 
edf vt At ma,/ Uvi blefv c/nA vol Am fyw awon, Ai&m 
</o</ A-tf &'* ce Arc 

LESSON 2. 

RE. If first characters in word, represented 
with 

Viz : Recall. 

Written: M 

OUS. If last characters in word, repre- 
sented with 

Viz : Famous. 

Written : fa.. 

CON, COM, CUN, CUM, COG, (appearing 
anywhere in a word) represented with .- 

Viz : Contrive, Commit, Combat, 

Written : .-^ W 4t 

Cumber. 

MEGNI, MAGNE, MAGNAN, (appearing 
anywhere in a word) represented with , 

Viz: Magnify, Magnitude, 

Written : ; fe ,tud 

Magnanimous. 



KARAM'S SHORTHAND 



SELF, represented with ± 

Viz : Self-made. 

Written : ^ n< / 

TRANS, represented with ^ 

Viz : Transmit. 

Written : <&^ 

INTER, ENTER, represented with „ 

Viz: Entertain, Interpose. 

Written : <^„ „/^ 

UNDER, represented with, (Comma) 

Viz : Understand. 

Written: ,^ rrfl 

MIS, represented with //A 

Viz : Misrule. 

Written : , r >vr a l 

Exercise. 

Refuse, Refund, Recover, Recommend, 
Self-support, Self-starter, Converge, Complete, 
Compare, Conform, Confess, Magnetism, 
Magnetic, Intern, Interpret, Enterce, Intrant, 
Admit, Underrate, Underproof, Underneath, 
Misspel, Missend, Trasnport, Transfer, 
Translate. 

.fii% .film .KOAt .cowia/si teefic kita/K .•*m :hle 
:Aw .-lav :£e<L ;&& ;£& wn, w&t ttA 'rum ctmit , vat 

LESSON 3. 

ING, if ending of word, represented with 
• (dot) 



KARAM'S SHORTHAND 



Viz : Doing, Coming, Writing. 

Written: <&. &. *££. 

ED,omited when ending of every verb. 

Viz: Priced. 

Written : ^i 

TION, SSION, represented with (long dash) 



Viz : Reduction. 

Written : .</«£ 

FULL, represented with £ 

Viz : Hopeful. 

Written : Uf 

NESS, represented with n 

Viz : Kindness. 

Written : /WW 

MENT, represented with m, 

Viz : Payment. 

Written : fam 

LESS, represented with « 

Viz : Artless. 

Written : M 

The sound of SH, CH, CIA, CIE, SU, SSU, 
and all combinations of characters having the 
sound of SH,( appearing anywhere in a word), 
represented with (small dash) — 

Viz : Cheap, Special, Insure, Etc. 

Written: _^ 6/ve- n-* 

SUPER, represented with (Capital) $f 

Viz : Supernatural. 

Written: 9^va-i - ,-■ \ i' - 



KARAM'S SHORTHAND 



QUO, QUI, QUE, QUA, represented with 
(Capital) & 

Viz : Quality, Quench, Quick, Quote. 

Written: & ^ 0A Bt 

OVER, represented with (Capital) 

Viz : Overrate. 

Written : 0*<u 

IVE, represented with ^ 

Viz : Native. 

Written : ^/ e 

EX, represented with x 

Viz : Expert. 

Written : y^ 

INGS, if ending of word, represented with . 4 

Viz: Things, Sayings, Doings. 

Written : ^ ia . s </o .a 

Exercise. 

Reading, Rowing, Singing, Walked, Mission, 
Decoration, Commission, Direction 

Comfortable, Careful, Dreadful, Glorious, 
Happiness, Supervise, Supervision, Iceless, 
Importance, Charge, Change, Miscellaneous, 
Shipment, Equipment, Possession, Agreement, 
Never-the-Less, Dubious, Oversight, 

Overruling, Overreach, Contest, Continuance, 
Common-things, Good-thing, Extravagance, 
Extract, Extra, Execute, Excite, Examine, 
Exceed, Example, Exalted, Exact, Qualify, 



KARAM'S SHORTHAND 



Quack, Queer, Quip, Quiet, Our-Shipment, 
Our-Terms. 



*ecc . t^o . i/ng, . i&k me ct^oi 



cfaefc .-^tS. /it^ cfoe^ a/wc . . A/vn, £/nt 

Cf^e — 4/ ivn/io -=vf — <?U m/c&n . . tAm 

~^/im fibct ar-em ^?/ d&e . . (iAt 0vu,{. &ye- 

■' faek ■■ t&ni twitr, «^^ aofacLu, aotrcc act a>Ku a&i 
ccm,i arte, atyxa, a&cv/ a^ QUe !^2>& ~^v ^2>fi *»£t 
^/t—i/ivn Zn£r. 

LESSON 4. 

Words occur so frequently that it is de- 
sirable to represent them in the briefest way 
possible. Each alphabetic character can be 
employed to stand for one or more words of 
which it happens to be a prominent sound. 
These are designated from one-third to one 
half of the words found in any article of 
speech. They must be thoroughly committed 
to memory, until they can be repeated aloud 
with a degree of speed. 

WORD SIGNS 

a An 

/ But By Be 
c See Seen 
d Do Had Dear 
/ For If 
p Go Good God 
A He Him How 
i I Am 
; Just Judge 



8 KARAM'S SHORTHAND 

A Can Come 

/ Will Well Letter 

^ Me More Most Much Madam 

n, No Not In 

ft Put Party Particular 

» As 

m Are Or 

i So Such Is Sir 

^To It 

tc You ;■ 

« Of Have Very 

«, Which What We Would j | 

%> Your -S Yes 

9 The 

j^ Shall Sure Wish 

lA Think Them Thank That 

wA Who Whose 

mo Whom 

^ Thing Long 

¥ And 

? Inquire Inquiry Question 

Phrasing 

By "Phrasing" is meant the writing of two 
or more words together by which means speed 
is gained. Only such words should be joined 
which seem to have a natural connection when 
speaking them. 

The examples which are given below are 



KARAM'S SHORTHAND 



not to be memorized they should be copied 
not less than three lines of each written. 

wt Have you 

tu To you 

nou Know you 

U v You have 

du, Had you 

du. Do you 

«/ You will 

u* You are 

fu/ If you will 

fit/4. If you will be 

04 I will be 

i/d I will do 

im I have 

^ I have your 

dn. Do not 

uAt You cannot 

it/ut* I think you are 

iw& I have been 

uU You will be 

u/d You will do 

dwno Do you know 

da/A Do you think 

Adud How do you do 

Awl How have you been 



10 KARAM'S SHORTHAND 

^ I am sure 

vu& Have you been 

S To be 

tU<nU To be or not to be 

^ To know 

iU It will be 

u^ You have been 

A& He can 

idAwl&Y am sure you will be 

^ I think 

/Ci He is 

(Special Abbreviations, Copy; Write Not Less 
Than Three Lines of E^ch of Following.) 

<d Able 
y After 
afao Afternoon 
afena, Aftermath 
^ Afterthought 
a ^ ml Afterward 
^ Altogether 
/^ Although 
&* Also 

Irnc Almost 

*« Any 

/W Always 

^^ Acknowledge 



K ARAM'S SHORTHAND 11 



&n& Acquaintance 
„fi Affect 
a^ Average 
rut New 
r^yx Another 
j2^ Amercia 
dm Advantage 
adm. Advertisement 
adw Advertiser 
£&{ Between 
U But 
/zl Become 
^ Because 
<W Bank 
mJHw Insofaras 
fro Report 
Wa, Introduce 
&y Broker 
6a/ Balance 
Different 
Difficult 
del Deliver 
Ae Here 
Art Hereto 
Artfi Heretofore 
Aea/ Hereafter 



12 KARAM'S SHORTHAND 

Aen Herein 
Aewj Herewith 
^Glad 
cd Obtain 
Ac/U Hopeless 
afj With 
uwn Within 
rueg&t Notwithstanding 
fvnJz Procure 
A& Himself 
Sfa. Ourselves 
wha Themselves 
faio Utmost 
u/elu, Utterly 
wi& Moreover 
mam£ Maintain 
Acft/n, Hopelessness * 

<nA<A Inasmuch 
./we Represent 
wve Interval 
<nwe Intervene 
vne Money 
wui Many 
n/v*t Enterprise 
<nfa#i Entertain 
nut Intercede 



KARAM'S SHORTHAND 13 

^4 Once 

^ cy _ Short 

-ova™, Shorthand 

fa To -hand 

*^ Nothing 
/Ueil Plausable 
fa£ Feasable 

vl& Valuable 

fi& Freight on board 

cod Collect on delivery 

np£_ English 

W^>£ Neighborhood 

^ Dear sir 

y/ Your letter 

„t Yours truly 

w^et. Yours respectfullly 

.^ Relevant 
ive&m Irrelevant 
r w£ Undervalue 
, 6>J> Undertake 
<xtf Underwrite 
^_/ Rational 
iva—t Irrational 
.ma/e Material 
ima/u Immature 
.fiu& Refutable 



14 KARAM'S SHORTHAND 

i**fit£& Irrefutable 
*W£ Modest 
«k^ Immodest 
ct&m4 Redeemable 
ivectemi Irredeemable 
<ncte/ Indifferent 
nctaf Indefinite 
*?^=«£ Merchandise 
&d— Liquidation 
fim Practical 

4^« Strange 

Jen Length 

.fine References 

/^ (Current 

^"^ Original 

.&£ Regular 

^ Irregular 

fit Further 

U Pound 

«* United States 

. Us 

u% Use 

t*$t Usual 

imed Immediately or immediate 

fi Reply 

* Received 

*t Receipt 
ct Oblige 
**fe Manufactured 



KARAiVTS SHORTHAND 15 

The stenographer will be able to make spe- 
cial abbreviations for words, names, terms or 
phrases frequently occurring in his own work. 

For example, the law stenographer would 
adopt jJa for "plaintiff," a 'e/ for "defendant," 
wit for "witness," «*^ for "what is your 
name?" wdum, for "where do you reside?' 
6np l£>* %* f o r "How long have you lived 
there?" 

The words "of the" are omitted when they 
occur in a sentence — that is, when they occur 
between other words. The omission is indi- 
cated by writing the Succeeding word close to 
theword preceding "of the." 

Examples. 

Your letter of the 14th. 

Written: ^m 

End of the season. 

Written: w^ 

Top of the hill. 

Written: e/vAl 

When "of the" are the first words in a sen- 
tence, they are written : 

Example : "Of the many places I saw I 
prefer Oklahoma City." 

Written : ^ ma /t/a * & five (ffibla, &fy 



16 KARAM'S SHORTHAND 

Punctuation 

All the ordinary punctuation marks may 
be employed, except the period, to be repre- 
sented with a stroke drawn across the line 
Viz : Your recent letter received. In the re- 
ply. 

Written : ^ ^, / y ^ ^/ 

Use all the abbreviations for days of 
the week and months of the year. Names 
of every state in the United States. 

Write not less than one half of names, 
towns or cities, persons or articles. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE 

In reading your shorthand notes always remem- 
ber if consonants appear the first characters in 
the word, there is a vowel omitted before or 
after the same can be easily found from 
the past or following sentence. 



HAVE YOU MASTERED THE FOREGO- 
ING LESSONS? 

If you have, now you can practice for speed. 
Be sure to write the sound only, and memorize 
the rules thoroughly. 

The Word Signs should be recited daily. 







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